J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Ruined Castle Seen beyond Trees 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Ruined Castle Seen beyond Trees’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 44 Recto:
A Ruined Castle Seen beyond Trees 1801
D05121
Turner Bequest LXXXII 44
Pencil on white wove paper, 256 x 161 mm
Inscribed in pencil ‘41’ top right, altered from ‘40’
Blind–stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘44’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LXXXII – 44’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
For a note on the subject, see under folio 40 recto (D05117).
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Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Ruined Castle Seen beyond Trees 1801 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-ruined-castle-seen-beyond-trees-r1178690, accessed 19 April 2024.